WRITER

Corrie ten Boom

1892 - 1983

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Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II by hiding them in her home. They were caught, and she was arrested and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corrie ten Boom has received more than 2,845,490 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Corrie ten Boom is the 3,418th most popular writer (down from 3,089th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 477th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Notable Works

Amazing Love
Christian biography
1953
Prisoner and Yet
1978
Tramp for the Lord
Christian biography
1978
The Hiding Place
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp), World War 2 1939-1945, Concentration camps
The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill (Goodreads Author) "At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell. For the first fifty years of her life nothing at all out of the ordinary had ever happened to her. She was an old-maid watchmaker living contentedly with her spinster sister and their elderly father in the tiny Dutch house over their shop. Their uneventful days, as regulated as their own watches, revolved around their abiding love for one another. However, with the Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland, a story did ensue. Corrie ten Boom and her family became leaders in the Dutch Underground, hiding Jewish people in their home in a specially built room and aiding their escape from the Nazis. For their help, all but Corrie found death in a concentration camp. The Hiding Place is their story. (less)" Good readers review.
1971
Each new day
Devotional calendars
1977

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Corrie ten Boom ranks 3,418 out of 7,302. Before her are Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, J. B. Priestley, Kafū Nagai, Joyce Meyer, John Osborne, and John Evelyn. After her are Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Giovanni della Casa, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Juana de Ibarbourou, Sophie von La Roche, and Marcin Bielski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Corrie ten Boom ranks 163. Before her are Alice Brady, Francesca Bertini, Artur Rodziński, Tsuru Aoki, Augusto Genina, and Carl Panzram. After her are Juana de Ibarbourou, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, John Alcock, George Lawrence Price, Alberto Bayo, and Mercedes de Acosta. Among people deceased in 1983, Corrie ten Boom ranks 122. Before her are Werner Egk, Fritz Machlup, Alan Cunningham, Paolo Pedretti, John Williams, and Michel Micombero. After her are Romain Maes, Gabrielle Roy, Cathy Berberian, José Iraragorri, Musine Kokalari, and Herman Kahn.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Corrie ten Boom ranks 549 out of 1,646. Before her are Henri Nouwen (1932), Hannie Schaft (1920), Godfried Schalcken (1643), Corine Rottschäfer (1938), Jan Baptist Weenix (1621), and Meijer de Haan (1852). After her are Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Hans Gillhaus (1963), Albert Eckhout (1610), and Willem Schermerhorn (1894).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Corrie ten Boom ranks 26. Before her are Louis Couperus (1863), Gerard Reve (1923), Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), and Cornelis Tromp (1629). After her are Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Bertus Aafjes (1914), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), and Jan Wolkers (1925).

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